note to myself about buying op-shop books

This month, there were lots of books in the boxes that went off to charity, and all of it was fiction. Almost all were op-shop purchases. I seem to have fallen into an idiotic habit of seeing a novel in an op-shop,a book I've already read 6 months earlier, a year before, two years ago and thinking:

oh, I really enjoyed that,I'll read it again some day, better pick up a copy, it's only a couple of dollars...

What's wrong with this picture?

I just DON'T get around to re-reading. There are too many books coming out every day, week, month for me to do much re-reading except for really, really old favourites, so why do I think I'm going to read ephemeral fiction again?

Note to myself - if you buy an op-shop novel make it something you have never read and always meant to. Leave the others for someone else. Please.

(Had a series of rude, argumentative, unco-operative and just plain weird people on the phone at work this morning, so I'm as exhausted as if I've done a full day's work instead of four measly hours).

(First fire of the autumn pictured. Sunday night. Wasn't even autumn yet!)